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Stocker 2 · 08-12-2007, 09:48 PM

Rich Biebel said it all and its worth re-reading! And he is correct on his facts.

<"For the UMTEENTH TIME Stock& Super Stock racing nearly died in the 70's due to a number of things. One of them is HEADS-UP racing. Right now car counts are high in some divisions but promote changes that make heads-up races more likely and those same car counts will dwindle. Young guys racing with 2 steps and buttons can win.....old guys with piles of money can't dominate.....keep harping on the heads-up form of racing and pretty soon it will look like SS eliminator in 1975...NOBODY SHOWS UP. You can't sell heads-up racing to anyone but a select few that want it and can afford it. What is the car count for Top Stock or Top SS? I know how many cars run Top stock and Jr. Stock around here. Is it fun? I'm sure it is because nothing beats a heads-up race but if that is all there was going on racing in Stock and SS would be DEAD!">

The system is not broke. Stock and SS class racing is strong and doing well without a switch to heads up where only a select few would be competitive. The lack of participation in Top SS and Top Stock in as large a division as 3 goes to show just how very few racers really want to see a major change to heads up racing.

08-12-2007, 09:48 PM	#37
Stocker 2 Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 137 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: NHRA changes needed for next year-add on Rich Biebel said it all and its worth re-reading! And he is correct on his facts. <"For the UMTEENTH TIME Stock& Super Stock racing nearly died in the 70's due to a number of things. One of them is HEADS-UP racing. Right now car counts are high in some divisions but promote changes that make heads-up races more likely and those same car counts will dwindle. Young guys racing with 2 steps and buttons can win.....old guys with piles of money can't dominate.....keep harping on the heads-up form of racing and pretty soon it will look like SS eliminator in 1975...NOBODY SHOWS UP. You can't sell heads-up racing to anyone but a select few that want it and can afford it. What is the car count for Top Stock or Top SS? I know how many cars run Top stock and Jr. Stock around here. Is it fun? I'm sure it is because nothing beats a heads-up race but if that is all there was going on racing in Stock and SS would be DEAD!"> The system is not broke. Stock and SS class racing is strong and doing well without a switch to heads up where only a select few would be competitive. The lack of participation in Top SS and Top Stock in as large a division as 3 goes to show just how very few racers really want to see a major change to heads up racing.